In 1965 Jerry Leggio designed the motion picture casting system for the Louisiana State Employment Service (today's Louisiana Workforce Commission). In 1969 he was awarded a State Science Foundation contract to Develop the Motion Picture Industry in Louisiana and In 1975 he led a multi-state committee to form the National Cineposium .
Jerry is the recipient of the 2014 ANNE PRICE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD in recognition of his pioneering efforts to grow the film industry in Louisiana.

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Jerry designed the casting system for the Louisiana State Employment Service(today's LaWORKS). Some 20 other states have emulated and adopted this
program.
Jerry won a Louisiana State Science Foundation project in 1969 entitled
DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY IN LOUISIANA,
receiving national acclaim and resulting in the formation of
the Louisiana Film Commission.
Jerry led a committee to form the National Cineposium in 1975. Was featured speaker in '75 and '76.
In 1975, 76 and 84 Jerry published a Louisiana Players' Directory which
included a comprehensive skills cross-index.
2014 recipient of the ANNE PRICE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD